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Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time
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Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time

Juan Cole

It is another clear piece of proof that humanity can get to carbon neutral by 2050 if it wants to.

Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

02/04/2026 By Liz Theoharis

Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

Inside the Challenges faced by Journalists covering Iran’s Protests

02/04/2026 By The Conversation

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Syria
Syria Teeters:  25 Dead in Protests, 40 Killed in Bombings

Syria Teeters: 25 Dead in Protests, 40 Killed in Bombings

On Friday afternoon and evening, Friday protests continued in Syria, according to al-Hayat writing in Arabic. The opposition maintains that the Syrian army killed some […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombings Roil Iraq as Sunni Arabs Re-arm

Bombings Roil Iraq as Sunni Arabs Re-arm

The death toll in Thursday’s bombings and attacks in Baghdad and environs rose to about 67 dead, with hundreds wounded. Most of the attacks honed […]

Juan Cole

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Suleimani:  The US Decline in the Middle East

Suleimani: The US Decline in the Middle East

The USG Open Source Center translates an article from the Persian press about Qasim Suleimani, the head of the Jerusalem (Qods) Brigade of the Iranian […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, Occupy Your Heart

Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, Occupy Your Heart

Usually at year’s end, we’re supposed to look back at events just passed — and forward, in prediction mode, to the year to come. But just look around you!

Juan Cole

Iraq
60 Dead in Baghdad Bombings; Iran and Al-Maliki

60 Dead in Baghdad Bombings; Iran and Al-Maliki

Update: 60 are dead in massive Baghdad bombings, probably by Sunni Arab guerrillas, as PM Nouri al-Maliki attempts to marginalize Sunnis politically Is Iran a […]

Juan Cole

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Massacre alleged in Syria

Massacre alleged in Syria

Syrian opposition groups alleged that the Syrian government committed a massacre in Idlib on Wednesday, leaving over 100 dead, most of them said to be […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian Women Rally against Police Brutality

Egyptian Women Rally against Police Brutality

Thousands of women rallied near Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo on Tuesday, protesting the mistreatment meted out to women protesters by security forces. In some […]

Juan Cole

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Egypt Scientific Institute up in Flames

Egypt Scientific Institute up in Flames

The Scientific Institute in Cairo has been burned. It was the second oldest such institute outside Europe, after the one in Philadelphia. Some 200,000 rare […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Life and Death of American Drones

Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Life and Death of American Drones

The drone had been in the air for close to five hours before its mission crew realized that something was wrong…

Juan Cole

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